Discovery of the nearby long, soft GRB 100316D with an associated supernova
| Autor: | Sergio Campana, Samantha Oates, Zach Cano, M. Stamatikos, Cheryl Hurkett, S. E. Woosley, M. de Pasquale, C. C. Thoene, Pall Jakobsson, Peter Nugent, Phil Evans, P. Goldoni, R. L. C. Starling, V. D'Elia, Elena Pian, T. Sakamoto, S. D. Vergani, Jens Hjorth, Johan P. U. Fynbo, D. N. Burrows, D. Malesani, J. Gorosabel, Paolo A. Mazzali, Chryssa Kouveliotou, P. M. Garnavich, P. T. O'Brien, P. A. Curran, Antonia Rowlinson, K. Wiersema, S. D. Barthelmy, S. T. Holland, A. J. van der Horst, N. P. M. Kuin, P. D'Avanzo, Jesper Sollerman, Nial R. Tanvir, Atish Kamble, Hector Flores, J. P. Osborne, Stefano Covino, D. Bersier, N. Gehrels, A. J. Levan, Lex Kaper, A. S. Fruchter, K. L. Page |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Physics
High energy 010308 nuclear & particles physics Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Astrometry Light curve 01 natural sciences Galaxy Redshift Supernova Space and Planetary Science 0103 physical sciences Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Spectroscopy Gamma-ray burst 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 411:2792-2803 |
| ISSN: | 0035-8711 |
| Popis: | We report the Swift discovery of nearby long, soft gamma-ray burst GRB 100316D, and the subsequent unveiling of its low redshift host galaxy and associated supernova. We derive the redshift of the event to be z = 0.0591 +/- 0.0001 and provide accurate astrometry for the GRB-SN. We study the extremely unusual prompt emission with time-resolved gamma-ray to X-ray spectroscopy, and find that the spectrum is best modelled with a thermal component in addition to a synchrotron emission component with a low peak energy. The X-ray light curve has a remarkably shallow decay out to at least 800 s. The host is a bright, blue galaxy with a highly disturbed morphology and we use Gemini South, VLT and HST observations to measure some of the basic host galaxy properties. We compare and contrast the X-ray emission and host galaxy of GRB 100316D to a subsample of GRB-SNe. GRB 100316D is unlike the majority of GRB-SNe in its X-ray evolution, but resembles rather GRB 060218, and we find that these two events have remarkably similar high energy prompt emission properties. Comparison of the host galaxies of GRB-SNe demonstrates, however, that there is a great diversity in the environments in which GRB-SNe can be found. GRB 100316D is an important addition to the currently sparse sample of spectroscopically confirmed GRB-SNe, from which a better understanding of long GRB progenitors and the GRB--SN connection can be gleaned. |
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